Copy of “Caelia's country-house and closet”, a poem by Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, here with the title “Coelia's solitude or closset”.
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in a seventeenth-century hand; there are marginal corrections or elucidations and instructions about paragraphing, which appear to be in George Mackenzie's own hand.
This manuscript and MS.550 (which is later and less complete) represent a recension of the text frequently and significantly different from that of the printed editions (first in James Watson, ‘Choice collection of comic and serious Scots poems’, Part 2, page 71, and separately, (London, [1715?]); also in Mackenzie's ‘Works’, volume 1, Poems, page 3) and of Adv.MS.34.6.10 (xiv).
Dates
- Creation: Late 17th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
8 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
8 folios.
Custodial History
The manuscript was at one time bound in a pamphlet volume from the library of James Colquhoun of Luss, and the number 33 appears on folio 1.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1980.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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